My creative practice is about attending to certain ordinary but easily overlooked things that define my concrete experience of the world. The subject matter of my paintings and prints varies widely, from cityscapes to landscapes to local trees and birds to human figures. What the different series have in common is an intentional tarrying with objects, people, images, and scapes that figure prominently on the horizon of my life.
Living on the Main Line of Philadelphia now, I am from Charlottesville, VA, a place that has shaped the form and content of my work. Although I originally trained in oil painting, more recently I have been using a combination of media to make smaller prints and monotypes using gouache, ink, acrylic, and watercolor pencil, as well as photography and collage. I also teach ethics and aesthetics.
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EDUCATION
2014 PhD, University of Virginia, Theology, Ethics, and Culture
2006 MDiv, Regent College, University of British Columbia
2002 BA, Wake Forest University, Religion and Studio Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 “This Hill Was Our Hill,” the Colthurst Gallery in the Brick Cellar at the Dairy Market, Charlottesville, VA
2019 “Woodland and Sky,” the Connaughton Gallery, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2016 "Oak and Locust," Mezzanine Gallery, New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, VA
2012 "Black Locust of My Heart," New City Arts Gallery in the WVTF/NPR Studio, Charlottesville, VA
2011 "The Life of a Gesture," The Garage, Charlottesville, VA
2010 "The City in Which I Love You," Mezzanine Gallery, New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, VA
2007 "The Possibility of Crows," novel., Charlottesville, VA
2006 "Home," Java Java, Charlottesville, VA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2024 Selected Works, joint exhibit with Christen Yates, the Baldwin Center on Bundoran Farm, North Garden, VA
2017 "Land and Flight," joint exhibit with Christen Yates, The Garage, Charlottesville, VA
2016 "Dappled Things," The Garage, Charlottesville, VA
2014 New City Arts Artist Exchange, Charlottesville, VA
2011 Space 38/39, International Arts Movement, New York, NY
2010 "Feast," New City Arts Collaborative Exhibit, NPR/WVTF Studio, Charlottesville, VA
2008 Emerging Artists Exhibit, Sage Moon Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2006 Regent College Group Exhibit, Lookout Gallery, Vancouver, BC